MARK OF ANDREW FOGELBERG & STEPHEN GILBERT, LONDON, 1785

細節

A George III Silver Tea Caddy-on-Stand
Mark of Andrew Fogelberg & Stephen Gilbert, London, 1785
the oval caddy engraved with a coat-of-arms, with a band of vitruvian scroll and blossom motifs on a granulated ground, between two beaded borders, the hinged cover with a beaded drop ring handle, engraved with a crest, supported on a conforming base with four fluted ram's head capped legs, connected by beaded borders - 16.2cm. (6 3/8in.) wide, 23oz.
See Illustration and Detail Front Cover

來源

Sotheby's London, 1 February 1973, lot 153.

出版

Vanessa Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver 1600-1940, New York, 1986, page 230.

Peter Waldron, The Price Guide to Antique Silver, Woodbridge, 1985, page 309.

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品專文

The arms are those of Sir Henry Bridgeman (1725-1800) who succeeded his father as 5th Bt. on 25 July 1764 and was created Baron Bradford on 13 August 1794.

A related silver-gilt teapot supported on a nearly identical stand, also by Fogelberg and Gilbert and hallmarked for 1784, is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum and is illustrated in Robert Rowe, Adam Silver, number 73. The design of that teapot is attributed to the Neoclassical Architect Sir William Chambers (1726-1796).

The designs of the Swedish born Sir William, possibly most famous as the architect of Somerset House in London, were also either used by or the inspiration for silver by other important late 18th century silversmiths such as Matthew Boulton, Frederick Kandler and the partnership of Sharp and Smith.